Jess Smart Smiley makes rad pictures with his bare hands.
He is a #1 bestselling and award-winning creator of 25 books for young readers, and has helped thousands of artists all around the world to write and illustrate their own stories.
Jess has created work for DisneyPixar, Cartoon Network, Penguin Random House, Deseret Book, and more, and has consulted on hundreds of animation, film, tv, comic, and book projects. Jess currently teaches courses on story, writing, illustration, and design for BYU-Idaho, and developing characters and ideas for his next games, books, and other creations.
Jess lives with his wife and children in Utah and is busy filling up his 92nd sketchbook with ideas for new characters, worlds, and stories.
Jess is represented by Andrea Colvin of Andrea Colvin Creative Agency.
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